Nursing Careers UK

Course finder

Learning Disability Nurse courses in the UK

3 approved pre-registration learning disability nurse courses at 3 UK universities, all 3 years. Compare provider, award, entry requirements and location below.

NMC approvedRCN
3 Approved courses All open to applicants
3 Universities
3 years Typical length
£32,073 Starting salary NHS band 5, England, 2026/27

How to read this list

Every course below leads to eligibility for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which is what you need before you can work — and use the protected title "Nurse" — as a learning disability nurse in the UK. Approval is the floor, not a ranking: an approved course has been assessed against the regulator's standards, so any of these will qualify you. What differs is the route, the length, where you will be sent on placement and what the university asks for at entry.

All 3 courses follow one route — undergraduate degree. That narrows the decision usefully: the choice in front of you is which university and which part of the country, not which kind of programme. Whichever route you take, the programme has to build in 2,300 hours of practice placement, so the geography of a course is a real part of the decision — you will spend a substantial share of the degree away from campus in clinical settings.

Every course listed is in England. Registration is UK-wide, so you can qualify here and work anywhere in the UK, but the funding you can claim follows where you study rather than where you are from — see funding.

None of these courses publishes a typical offer in a form this site can cite, so the entry-requirements column is empty throughout. None of these courses carries a UCAS code in the dataset, which usually means direct application to the university. Treat every requirement here as a starting point and confirm it on the university's own page — offers move year to year, and most providers also ask for an occupational health check, an enhanced DBS or equivalent disclosure, and often relevant work experience or a period of observation.

Compare every learning disability nurse course

Sorted by university.

Learning Disability Nurse pre-registration courses in the UK
University Course Award Route Length UCAS Typical offer Location
Birmingham City University Learning Disabilities Nursing BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years Direct Not published Birmingham, England
Coventry University Learning Disabilities Nursing BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years Direct Not published Coventry, England
Northumbria University Nursing Science, Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years Direct Not published Newcastle, England

Every course as a card

BSc

Learning Disabilities Nursing

Birmingham City University

Birmingham England 3 years
BSc

Learning Disabilities Nursing

Coventry University

Coventry England 3 years
BSc

Nursing Science, Registered Nurse (Learning Disability)

Northumbria University

Newcastle England 3 years

Where these courses are

  • West Midlands (2)
  • North East (1)

Regional counts are shown for planning placement travel; use the nation filters above to narrow the list itself.

Next steps

Funding you may be able to claim

Funding for learning disability nurse training is set separately in each nation and usually follows where you study rather than where you live.

Courses for related professions

Where this page’s data comes from